Cotton-planter



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J. J. LONG.

COTTON PLANTER. No. 399,278. Patented Mar. l2, 1889.

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.lOllN JONES l.( ).\'(l, OF COOKSYILLIC, )lISSlSSlVllL COTTON- PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent; No. 399,273, dated March12, 1889.

Application lecl August 25, 1888. Serial No. 283,705. [.No model.) d

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Beit known that L'JoHN JONES LoNo, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cooksville, in the county oi Noxubee and State otMississippi, have invented new and useful Improvements inCotton-Planters, ot' whieh the following is a speeiiieation.

The invention relates to improvements in Cotton-planters; and iteonsists in the eonstruetion and novel Combination ot' partshereinat'ter described, illustrated in the drawings, and pointed out inthe appended elainis.

In the drawings, liigure 1 is a perspective view of a maehine embodyingthe invention,

the wheel, on one side being broken away. Fig. is a eentral longitudinalsection ot' said maehine. is a plan view thereof. Fig. 4 isaside view ofthe planti iig-wheel detached. Fig. 5 is a plan view ot' the eoverersand frame detached.

Referring to the drawings b v letter, A desionates the main frameotfrthe niaehine. hav- Ving the upwardly-eurved elevis o seeured to itsfront end, and B is the seed box or hopper seeured upon the main iframe,and having the Curved floor or bottoni t), provided with the centrallongitudinal slot, h. The handles C are seeured to and projectrearwardly and upwardly from the hopper, and are connected near theirtops by the cross-bar c.

D is the furrow-opener, the shank or standard d of which depends 'fromthe main trame in front of the hopper, and E is the axle jou rnaled inbearings seeured to the main frame, turning with the wheels e, andprovided with the crank e', from whieh a link-rod, l, extends upward tothe depending erank g of the transverse oscillating shaft (l, jourxialedin the sides of the hopper, near the upper part thereof', and providedwith the radially-radiatp ingstirrer-armsg. The rotation of thewheels lwill obviously cause the said arms to vibrate 2 in the seed-box.

l-I is a distributing or planting wheel seoured upon the axle, with itsperiphery projecting through the slot-opening h and into the seedContained in the hopper. peripheryv is provided. with the transverseseinieireular notches 7i, into whieh seed enter within the hopper, andare brought down therein by the rotation of the wheel, falling theneeinto the furrow 'formed by the opener l).

l I is a ehute depending t'i om the main frame, and having the sideplates, 2 i', which stand on eaeh side of the front portion of the wheell-l and guide the seed therefrom into the turi row.

K J J are bent eoverer-blades standing rearward and downward fromtransverse bar, j, that is attaehed near its ends to the arins K,pivoted at their front ends upon the sides ot.' the rear portion ot thehopper. The said eoverer-blades are convex outwardly, and their pointsstand rearward and inward, so thatthev earrlv the soil inward over thefurrow.

L is an adj listing-rod having its lower end pivoted upon a stapleseeured eentrallvY to the hai-Vj, and its upper end, which passesthrough a staple, secured to the Cross-bar e, provided with the seriesot adjlisting-openings l', that engage the pin 72, standing ont from thesaid cross-'bar e. The springt bears on the adjusting-rod and forces thepin into the openings. The erank g must neeessarily be longer than t theerank e in the axle, else the shaft G would rotate and not oseillate.

It is evident that theeOverer-blades are adjustable angularly upward anddownward by the described means, and as they are arranged in equalnumbers on eaeh side, with their edges downward, their eonvexitiesoutward, and their points or rear ends standing inward, they willobviously, besides reducing the dirt and elods similarly to a harrow.draw the same inward over the furrow.

Having d eseribed nrv invention, l elaini- 1. ln a lfilanter, thepivoted arms K, having the transverse bar ej, provided with the bladesJ', eonibined willi the zuljusting-barL, looselbv eonneetod to the. barjand adjustahly eonneeted to the Cross-bar ot' the handles, as

set forth.

2. ln a planter, the combination, with the angularly-adjuslable frame,Composed ot a l transverse bar, and arms having their rear l endssecured to the ends of said bar and i their front ends pivoted on therear portion of the hopper, of the lient eoverer-blades standingreaiwvard from said transverse bar and arranged in equal numbers on eaehside of the Center thereof, with their edges downfward, theireonvexities outward, and the rear ends standing inward, snbstantiallv asspeeitied.

the Said bar and engaging Said openino's, and the Spring Z3, forcing therod L into engagement', substantially as speoied.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing' as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in 15 presence of Two witnesses.

JOHN JONES LONG.

Vitnesses;

A. C. FANT, R. E. V. YATES.

